Bioinformatics

Course of studies

Degree

Bachelor

Duration of study (semesters)

6

Language

Deutsch, Englisch

Location

München

Description of course of studies

Bioinformatics is a newly emerging interdisciplinary research area in which Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Genetics as well as Theoretical and Applied Computer Science merge into a new discipline. Bioinformatics plays already an important role in all areas of Life Sciences, in particular in Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences. Due to the explosive growth of biological data, e.g., in the context of national and international genome projects, Bioinformatics heaviliy relies on computational and mathematical methods. Modern Computer Science techniques permit the generation of mathematical models in Life Sciences, its efficient prediction, and the evaluation of these models. Progress in biological research is based more and more on techniques for modelling biological data, efficient algorithms to process biological data, and methods to extract relevant information from large biological data bases. Since methods of Bioinformatics are already industrially used and there are hardly any graduates in Bioinformatics so far, there is a high demand of skilled Bioinformaticians in industry as well as in research centers and universities.

Curriculum (link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/courses/plans

Guide to study (Link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/courses/plans

Course of studies

Bioinformatics (a joint study course offered by TUM and LMU)

Internship

Application and admission

Application

Enrollment takes place at the LMU

Aptitude test

yes

Start of course

Winter term; also summer term for applicants (must take the aptitude test) in the 2nd & higher semester

Application Period

Winter term: May 15 - July 15
Summer term: Nov. 15 - Jan. 15 only for applicants in higher semester

Admission notification

Online after verification of application documents

Application documents

Please see: LMU

Application documents (International students)

Please see: LMU

Application form/ Online application (Link)

http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/EFV/index-e_Bachelor.html

Further information on admission procedure (link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/beginners/imma

Commencement of course of study 2011

http://www.tum.de/studium/beginn2011

Information | Counselling

Academic counseling

Prof. Volker Heun; Dr. Angelika Reiser

General student counseling (Link)

http://portal.mytum.de/studium/studienberatung/

Contact

Studienberatung

Study and examination regulations

Conditions of study (Link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/courses/plans

Examination regulations (Link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/courses/fpo

Examination Board (link)

http://www.in.tum.de/fuer-studierende-der-tum/bachelor-studiengaenge/bioinformatik/pruefungsausschuss.html

Further links

Website of course of studies (link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de

Department website

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de

Women's representatives (link)

http://www.in.tum.de/fuer-studierende-der-tum/frauen-maenner-chancengleichheit.html